vrhcáb

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Old Czech

Etymology

From vrhati (a throw) + cáb; a partial calque of Middle High German wurfzabel = wurf (a throw) + zabel (a board), from Latin tabula.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋr̩ɣt͡saːb/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvr̩xt͡saːp/

Noun

vrhcáb m inan

  1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: vrhcáby

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “vrhcáb”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 700

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